“WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF OFFICE PREMISES BUT FOUND THE CAPSULE OFFICE AT HODGE HOUSE
REALLY ATTRACTIVE AS WE COULD MOVE IN RAPIDLY AND CUT OUT A BIG FRONT-END COST BY
TAKING OFFICES WHICH ARE ALREADY FULLY FITTED-OUT. HODGE HOUSE GIVES US LARGE OPEN-PLAN
WORKING SPACES WHERE WE CAN WORK SAFELY UNDER COVID IN A VERY PRESTIGIOUS
BUILDING CLOSE TO RAIL LINKS, BARS, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS.
IT FITS OUR REQUIREMENTS PERFECTLY.”

HELEN JONES, INTELLIGENT ULTRASOUND GROUP

Hodge House

HODGE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1915 ON THE SITE OF CARDIFF’S ORIGINAL VICTORIAN TOWN HALL. THE RIBA ARCHITECT F.E.L. HARRIS WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE WELSH CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY TO DESIGN A NEW HEADQUARTERS AND DEPARTMENT STORE IN ST MARY STREET, CARDIFF.

THE SOCIETY WAS AN EARLY PIONEER IN DISTRIBUTING PROFIT AMONGST ITS THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS AND CREATING WORKING CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WERE WIDELY ADOPTED THROUGHOUT MANY INDUSTRIES. THE EDWARDIAN NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE BUILDING EXTENSIVELY USED GRAND PORTLAND STONE WITH ORNATE DETAILING ON THE FAÇADES AND BOASTS ONE OF THE FINEST CLOCK TOWERS IN THE UK.

HODGE HOUSE PROVIDES 110,000 SQ FT OF HIGH QUALITY OFFICE ACCOMODATION AND AUTHENTIC CHARACTER FEATURES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE IN THE CLASSIC GRADE II LISTED BUILDING. DESIGNED TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF MODERN OFFICE OCCUPIERS THE BUILDING OFFERS FLOOR PLATES UP TO 19,327 SQ FT. DEDICATED CYCLE PARKING, SHOWERS AND CHANGING FACILITIES WITH CONCIERGE RECEPTION AND WIFI THROUGHOUT COMPLETE THE BUILDINGS IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS.

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ST MARY STREET

  • SIXTH FLOOR
    AVAILABLE NOW AREAS A & C
    4,288 SQ FT / 398 SQ M* LET TO INTELLIGENT ULTRASOUND
  • FIFTH FLOOR
    AVAILABLE NOW AREA A
    9,878 SQ FT / 918 SQ M*LET TO CURRENCY CLOUD
  • FOURTH FLOOR
    AVAILABLE NOW
    19,327 SQ FT / 1,795 SQ M*
  • THIRD FLOOR
    AVAILABLE NOW
    19,243 SQ FT / 1,788 SQ M*
  • SECOND FLOOR
    AVAILABLE 2021
    19,214 SQ FT / 1,785 SQ M*
  • FIRST FLOOR
    AVAILABLE 2021
    19,493 SQ FT / 1,811 SQ M*
  • GROUND FLOOR
    AVAILABLE 2021
    19,327 SQ FT / 1,795 SQ M*
  • BASEMENT
    SHOWER, CHANGING, STUDIO, GET READY, & DRYING ROOM
  • TOTAL
    98,257 SQ FT / 9,128 SQ M
  • *Details of further floor subdivisions available
    from the joint agents.
Basement Plan
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
Fifth Floor Plan
Sixth Floor Plan

CAPSULE SPACES ARE INTELLIGENT AND DYNAMIC OFFICES CREATED BY TRUSTED EXPERTS

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Fast & easy leasing

Fit-out options including
digital connections and
short-term leases.

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Management team

On-site support in the
building to help with
day-to-day issues.

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High quality spec

4,323 Sq Ft of fully
fitted-out space available
on the sixth floor.

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Wi-Fi enabled

Reception hall and public
areas are WiredScore
Gold rated Wi-Fi enabled.

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Private space

Own meeting rooms,
kitchenette and toilets
with fewer workplace
distractions.

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Blown Fibre

Telecoms connectivity
to the floor via a
blown fibre system.

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Flexible space

40 workstations
1 meeting room
2 breakout/collaboration
zones.

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On site cycle parking

10 secure cycle parking
spaces, itness room with
shower and lockers
available.

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TO THE AIRPORTS

Cardiff 38 mins
Bristol 1 hour 13 mins
Birmingham 2 hours 4 mins
Heathrow 2 hours 17 mins
Gatwick 2 hours 51 mins
*All Times from Hodge House
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ON THE ROAD

London 2 hours 58 mins
Birmingham 2 hours 15 mins
Manchester 3 hours 48 mins
Reading 1 hours 58 mins
Bristol 54 mins
Southampton 2 hours 29 mins
Leeds 3 hours 59 mins
Exeter 2 hours 4 mins
*All Times from Hodge House
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ON THE TRACKS

London 2 hours 6 mins
Birmingham 2 hours
Manchester 3 hours 8 mins
Reading 1 hours 36 mins
Bristol 48 mins
Southampton 2 hours 34 mins
Leeds 4 hours 4 mins
Exeter 2 hours 10 mins
*All Times from Cardiff Central Station

Cardiff Central Station provides frequent and rapid national transport links to major destinations such as London, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and Swansea. The Great Western Line Upgrade to the network in 2020 will further improve travel times with the journey time to London reduced to under 2 hours. The international airports at both Cardiff and Bristol are nearby with Heathrow Airport to the West of London just over 2 hours away.

Cardiff efficiently connects with the wider motorway network and the removal of tolls on the Severn Bridge to the East of the city creating seamless travel via the M4 to all UK destinations

WHY LEGAL & GENERAL

At Legal & General we are dedicated to optimizing the environmental and social performance of our assets through a strong relationship with both our occupiers and supply chain. Our approach enables a more data-led, agile service for our occupiers, which can be tailored and lexed to speciic requirements. These are relected in our Property Management core values:

  • – Transparency, agility and collaboration.
  • – Occupier focused culture.
  • – Responsive service delivery platform with flexible local supply chains.
  • – Visible asset operational performance.
  • – Transparent sustainability performance.

TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATORS

A fundamental part of achieving our core values is adopting new technology to improve occupier experience. Two examples at Hodge House are detailed below:

OPTIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Hodge House is Demand Logic enabled. This allows the Mechanical & Electrical plant to be monitored and adjusted remotely providing an improved working environment and a more efficient running of the building. This facilitates lower emissions and a cheaper service charge.

OPTIMIZING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

Legal & General offer Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) sensors to measure temperature, air quality, humidity, noise, light and volatile organic compound. These allow office environments to be optimized improving wellbeing, physical and mental health.

COVID

Legal & General have been working in conjunction with its Facilities Managers Bellrock and Property Managers Workman to provide a Covid safe environment for its occupiers. A key part of this strategy in Hodge House is the thermal temperature checking camera on our Guildhall Place entrance.

We have produced a Covid guide for Hodge House which can be found here. The document has been assembled to consider the practicalities of implementing an enhanced cleaning regime and social distancing.

As the building will be occupied on a phased basis with the percentage of personnel onsite increasing over time, our strategy has been designed to be constantly reviewed and updated to reflect utilisation levels in the building.

A key part of the strategy in all L&G office buildings involves continued communication with our occupiers to ensure that we fully understand your needs and expectations. We are very keen to share our experiences and assist and support you where we can in these challenges.

floors
Flexible floor plates up to 19,327 sq ft. Impressive new reception/atrium area with communal seating and agile work areas. Fast & easy telecoms connectivity via a Blown Fibre system.
cycle
88 secure covered cycle spaces. Air conditioned offices – three pipe systems with high level fan coil units based on 100 W/m2. 1.8 occupation density.
grid
5m planning grid. Three new 13 x person passenger lifts. Office area small power: 25-35 W/m2.
sun
Open terrace amenity on the 5th floor. Exposed Cat A services. Sainsbury’s store on ground floor.
bulb
Office lighting levels: 300-500 lux. Raised access on 3rd, 4th & 5th floors & underfloor trunking on 6th floor. Female, male and accessible toilets on all floors.
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Male & female changing facilities. 10 showers (Five female, five male), plus one gender neutral accessible shower. EPC Rating – B.
security
24 hour security. Basement multi-purpose studio – yoga/pilates/get ready room/studio adjacent to changing rooms.
parking
40 on-site secure car spaces.

AGENTS

agent
MATT PHILLIPS MATT.PHILLIPS@KNIGHTFRANK.COM +44 29 2044 0122
3 ASSEMBLY SQUARE,  BRITANNIA QUAY
CARDIFF CF10 4PL
KNIGHTFRANK.COM
agent
JOHN JAMES JOHN.JAMES@FLETCHERMORGAN.CO.UK +44 29 2037 8921
25 PARK PLACE
CARDIFF CF10 3BA
FLETCHERMORGAN.CO.UK

DEVELOPED AND OWNED BY

developer
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These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP or Fletcher Morgan in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP or Fletcher Morgan nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessors(s).

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